272 Zombie City (End)
◎The team outside the wall is back on the road◎
The fire crackled in the fireplace.
A woman sat by the fireplace, a book on her knees, but she wasn't reading. She was just staring at the burning flames.
The place is decorated like an ordinary person's home, with a wooden dining table and tall bookshelves. The bottom row is children's books, and the upper row is medical books.
A beginner's gun bag hangs on the wall, and a clock ticks away.
At first glance, the picture may seem cozy, but in fact the house is completely transparent and filled with cameras, making it easy for people to observe.
Zhu Yao has spent his entire life observing his experimental subjects from the perspective of a researcher, and finally became the one being observed.
"How are you today?" Chu Qing sat opposite her and asked her respectfully. If you put everything aside, you would think she was a student visiting her professor.
In Chu Qing's eyes, Zhu Yao was one of the few people he respected.
Chu Qing would try her best to meet Zhu Yao's requests. The room was decorated according to her preferences, and books were purchased according to her requirements. Zhu Yao suddenly proposed to learn shooting. Others said it was dangerous and should not give her weapons, but Chu Qing still satisfied her.
Zhu Yao remained silent. Ever since she left Blackbird City, she had become very silent.
Chu Qing admired Zhu Yao very much. He only found out later what Zhu Yao was doing in Blackbird City.
Blackbird City was once a small research base. They built a simulated ecological park that looked like an ordinary small town. They placed simulated humans in it and observed their logic in order to experiment with the feasibility of precise memory implantation.
But it went out of control before it was put into use, and the simulated human turned into a zombie. Many researchers might have given up at this step because the reason for turning into a zombie was unknown and they couldn't find which step went wrong. However, Zhu Yao continued his research based on the zombies.
Chu Qing really wanted to know the research results. Zhu Yao must have continued to upgrade. Unfortunately, Chu Qing left in such a hurry that he didn't have a good look at what was in Blackbird City.
But it doesn't matter. The researcher is right in front of him. As long as Chu Qing does a good job of psychological work on Zhu Yao, he can get all the data.
Why was Zhu Yao in school in the first place? Why did she keep in touch with Prometheus?
Chu Qing couldn't ask that question, so she could only find another topic to start with: "Have you learned how to shoot?"
There is a shooting training room here, and Chu Qing even found a teacher for Zhu Yao. He believes that Zhu Yao must have her reasons for doing everything.
Zhu Yao: "It's much harder than I thought."
Shooting requires talent and hard work. Nothing is easier than doing experiments. It is actually very difficult to train an excellent shooting athlete.
Zhu Yao's willingness to start a conversation proved to be a good start. Chu Qing guessed Zhu Yao's thoughts, followed his gaze towards the burning firewood, and asked, "Did you remember the fire?"
Zhu Ning is called the spark of fire.
Zhu Yao frowned when she heard this, as if she was disgusted by Chu Qing's question. She stopped staring at the flames and turned to look at Chu Qing.
Chu Qing is not good at making friends. He has always been a favored child and usually speaks condescendingly to others. But in front of Zhu Yao, he tries every possible means to show his friendly side.
He hoped that Zhu Yao would treat him as a friend, just a little attention would be enough.
Chu Qing: "I had myopia surgery."
He had always been against the transformation of the human body by foreign technology, but after meeting Zhu Ning, Chu Qing changed his mind and made some attempts.
Chu Qing: "But I still like wearing glasses."
Chu Qing looked no different from before, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, making him look like a gentleman. He turned the glasses into his fashion accessories, and he looked very different indeed.
Zhu Yao felt that he was not in his right mind, so she politely kept silent.
Chu Qing: "By the way, Zhu Ning seems to be having an affair."
Zhu Ning tried to blow up the Kingdom of God, but failed. Chu Qing's reaction when she heard the news was that Zhu Ning was the one who could do it. According to the latest news, Zhu Ning wanted to go outside the wall to find the Prometheus host.
Zhu Yao has been under surveillance for a long time and has been unable to make effective contact with the outside world. He only reads books every day and has no idea what happened to Zhu Ning.
Chu Qing was very considerate. She showed the news video to Zhu Yao and said, "Your daughter is really strong."
Zhu Yao turned her head away, not wanting to watch the video at all, and said expressionlessly, "She is not my daughter."
Chu Qing was a little surprised. She thought Zhu Yao cherished Zhu Ning very much. If Zhu Ning was the result of Chu Qing's research, Chu Qing would dote on her very much.
However, Chu Qing liked the emotions Zhu Yao showed. It made him feel like he understood her better. He immediately apologized, "It's my fault. We researchers always treat our research results like our precious children. I thought you were the same."
Zhu Yao could barely suppress his disgusted expression. Chu Qing saw it and knew Zhu Yao would soon chase him away. Before that, he asked, "Are you still unwilling?"
Chu Qing hopes that Zhu Yao can hand over the research data of the Alpha series experiments. Zhu Yao has not revealed a single word for such a long time.
Chu Qing coaxed him: "If there were countless people like Zhu Ning, we could purify the world. Don't you want to see that day?"
Zhu Yao: "There are already countless."
Countless Zhu Ning's corpses piled up into a mountain. Zhu Yao had personally destroyed at least tens of thousands of them. They were not wearing any clothes and looked like a pile of newly appeared puppets, all of them destroyed.
Zhu Yao saw them enter the incinerator with her own eyes. She had killed Zhu Ning thousands of times long ago.
If the experimental subject is the researcher's child, Zhu Ning is considered her daughter, and so is An Shi.
Chu Qing: "I'm not talking about a corpse, I'm talking about a successful product. You're the person in charge, you know how to replicate it, as long as..."
Zhu Yao interrupted him expressionlessly: "The Alpha series experiments were a mistake."
She was very decisive, not giving Chu Qing any room for argument. "The Alpha series seems to be successful now," Zhu Yao paused, "but in the long run it's a mistake."
The whole room was silent. Chu Qing didn't know how to continue with this conversation because Zhu Yao was too calm, as if he had been hit on the head by a hammer.
Chu Qing was unable to react for a moment. What did it mean? Why was it a mistake?
…
Blackbird City.
Zhu Ning paused at the image of the helicopter, staring at the words "Eternal Life Pharmaceutical" for a long time, which reminded her of Chu Qing, who had never appeared in her world again.
Zhu Ning was curious about what big move Chu Qing was planning, but then his attention was diverted by Doomsday and he hadn't thought about this person for a long time.
Zhu Yao had connections to both Prometheus and Yongsheng Pharmaceutical, and perhaps she was the same type as Chu Qing. Zhu Ning suspected she was likely a first-class citizen, enjoying the privileges of the upper class.
Pei Shu asked, "Who is Zhu Yao to you?"
Pei Shu had asked this before, but Zhu Ning had lost his memory and didn't know.
Zhu Ning did not avoid the question and said, "In my personal understanding, she is my mother."
Zhu Ning's wording was very precise. In her world, Zhu Yao was her mother, but not necessarily in other worlds.
Lin Xiaofeng raised her head when she heard her mother's words. She observed Zhu Ning's expression and found that she did not show any sadness.
Isn’t Zhu Ning’s mother dead?
Pei Shu immediately understood what was wrong with Zhu Ning. She got out of the car as soon as she saw the zombies, and always wanted to go in to look for clues, as if she was sure that there was something here.
That black square? Pei Shu couldn't help but want to look at it. It seemed to have some special attraction. It was so strange.
Is Zhu Ning the same as An Shi? An Shi a failure, Zhu Ning a success? I wonder what Zhu Ning feels like standing in the lab that once created him.
Pei Shu asked, "Is this a gift she left for you? For upgrading?"
Zhu Ning: "How do you know it's not a destruction device?"
Destroy? Pei Shu was stunned. Yes, since Zhu Ning became a god, it has become too difficult to kill her, and it has become very unpredictable. Even if she is killed, her remains may be revived.
Pei Shu has been wondering if Zhu Ning would re-merge with the pollutants outside if he died outside the wall.
Zhu Ning was an experimental subject, so there must be a meticulous destruction process. Did Zhu Yao want to kill Zhu Ning in the true sense?
There is such a possibility, although it is a bit cruel, the mother killed her daughter or something like that. Pei Shu didn't know what to say.
Zhu Ning was very open-minded about this. The real Zhu Yao had been killed by her own hands, and she was now fully aware of this.
After that, whenever she saw Researcher Zhu Yao, she would respectfully address her as Ms. Zhu, and she would no longer run around looking for her mother.
Zhu Ning put the black box back into the package, still not knowing what it was. She had already found out all the truth, and she couldn't understand anything else at the moment.
She imported the research data into her mind, some things could only be studied slowly.
Zhu Ning looked out the window. It was just dawn. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but it was clearly sky, but it seemed brighter from outside the wall.
Zhu Ning was about to leave for the next stop. She yawned and asked Bai Cheng, "Will you take the second order?"
Bai Cheng nodded and said mechanically, "Take it."
Zhu Ning was not disgusted by Bai Cheng's previous performance, and even admired her a little. Bai Cheng adhered to her inner professional ethics, and although she was sometimes weird, Zhu Ning also wanted to try to be her real partner once.
Zhu Ning asked Lin Xiaofeng: "Xiaofeng, are you still willing to continue walking?"
Life outside the wall was much more difficult than she had imagined. Blackbird City was just a setting set up by Zhu Yao. Zhu Ning almost killed Lin Xiaofeng. She felt that Xiaofeng should be allowed to make her own choice. This was a very dangerous world.
Lin Xiaofeng nodded: "I want to drive."
Lin Xiaofeng lost her memory and then regained it. She thought about her life where she constantly smiled in front of the camera. She liked being outside the wall and could die on the road.
She was very young and had experienced a lot. She knew that everyone would die, and there was nothing wrong with dying outside the wall.
Song Zhizhang is dead, and there is no one she cares about inside the wall. She will be wherever Zhu Ning is.
Zhu Ning understood Lin Xiaofeng. Although she looked soft and gentle, she actually had her own ideas.
"Okay," Zhu Ning said, "Let's go for a walk and see if we can find any supplies."
Zhu Ning arranged for the others, the last one being Pei Shu. "I told you you can quit at any time, Mr. Pei, think about it again."
Zhu Ning never forces anyone. She always respects Pei Shu's choices. At the end of each stop, she would ask Pei Shu once.
Zhu Ning left after she finished speaking. They walked out along the stairs. Bai Cheng followed naturally behind them, and Pei Shu did not move his feet.
Zhu Ning walked around the teaching building again and found that it was just an ordinary school, but the old-world style made him feel nostalgic.
She returned to the office and looked at the white mycelium for a while. The computer was turned off and the mycelium was not attached to any living organisms. She didn't know if it was in a dormant state. Zhu Ning originally wanted to try to burn the mycelium, but Pei Shu said it was useless, so she had to put it aside.
What she wanted to kill was not a piece of mycelium, but the entire Prometheus. Zhu Ning left the teaching building.
The flying car landed on the ground and was finally able to move onto the road.
The environment had already been purified, so there was no need to wear protective clothing. Zhu Ning packed up his car and felt that Blackbird City was unsafe. He wanted to find a shelter to rest and find a base station to talk to Huo Wenxi.
She was discussing with Bai Cheng and opened the map to see where to go next.
During this period, Lin Xiaofeng went to the ruined Blackbird City for a stroll. She was in a transparent state, which was actually very suitable for collecting supplies and she would not be seen at all.
Lin Xiaofeng looked curiously at the world outside the wall. Many shops and stores had been smashed. Many of the clothing stores she saw when she walked in looked like props from a horror movie at first glance. Now, perhaps because it was daybreak, or because she had figured out the reason, those mannequins didn't look scary at all, and even looked a little cute.
The food had expired long ago, and the biscuits were crushed into powder. Finally, Lin Xiaofeng found two cans of gasoline and put them in the trunk.
Zhu Ning and Bai Cheng have already determined the route for the next stop. According to common sense, it is not so unlucky to just get out of the wall. Hopefully, there will be no danger in the next stop, the shelter.
Lin Xiaofeng packed up his equipment and looked up to see Pei Shu still in the classroom. Through the broken glass window, Pei Shu was standing in the shadows, with only a cigarette dangling from his lips.
While Zhu Ning and the others were busy, Pei Shu stood on a high place and watched, not knowing what he was thinking.
Lin Xiaofeng sat in the driver's seat, ready to be a professional driver outside the wall. He started the engine, as if to signal Pei Shu that we were leaving.
Pei Shu leaned against the windowsill with one hand and rolled over, then opened the car door, got into the back seat, and closed the door.
Zhu Ning held up the car window and asked, "Do you know what I was thinking just now?"
Zhu Ning didn't ask why Pei Shu followed her again. Pei Shu liked this about her, her strong sense of boundaries.
Pei Shu thought she was going to tell him something important, so he asked, "What?"
Zhu Ning: "I was just wondering if you would chase me if I drove out."
Pei Shu: “?”
Zhu Ning said seriously: "This is how TV dramas are played. I want to see it too."
Pei Shu: "Are you human?"
Zhu Ning: "No."
Pei Shu: “…”
Damn, it really isn’t.
A burst of laughter rang out in the car. Lin Xiaofeng couldn't help but thought it was very funny. After laughing, he turned around and found that Zhu Ning was also laughing. She smiled very lightly and looked very relaxed.
Lin Xiaofeng stepped on the accelerator and the team outside the wall was back on the road.
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